EP2632387B1 - A device for fastening tendons or ligaments, in particular for an anterior cruciate ligament or a posterior cruciate ligament - Google Patents

A device for fastening tendons or ligaments, in particular for an anterior cruciate ligament or a posterior cruciate ligament Download PDF

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EP2632387B1
EP2632387B1 EP11799312.1A EP11799312A EP2632387B1 EP 2632387 B1 EP2632387 B1 EP 2632387B1 EP 11799312 A EP11799312 A EP 11799312A EP 2632387 B1 EP2632387 B1 EP 2632387B1
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    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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  • the present invention relates to a device for fastening tendons or ligaments, in particular for an anterior cruciate ligament or a posterior cruciate ligament according to the features set out in the preamble of the main claim.
  • the device to which the invention relates is used preferably but not exclusively in operations which are intended to restore the functionality of the knee following tears or ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament or posterior cruciate ligament.
  • the surgeon in order to replace the damaged cruciate ligament, the surgeon produces a tibial/femoral hole and inserts therein a prosthetic apparatus comprising a threaded bush which is intended to be screwed to the femur and an engagement element which can be associated with the threaded bush and which is provided with a slot, in which the replacement ligament is secured.
  • the surgeon inserts the threaded bush therein by means of a suitable insertion instrument, screws it to the femur and, subsequently, by means of a guide rod, provides for insertion of the engagement element, to which there is secured the replacement ligament and couples it to the bush which is already in situ.
  • the ligament is fastened to the tibia by means of a second screw or other suitable means.
  • the tension of the ligament can be subsequently adjusted by the surgeon by screwing or unscrewing the threaded capsule which, however, generates torsion of the replacement ligament which could damage it, compromising the useful life of the apparatus itself.
  • That device comprises a first portion which is capable of being fastened to a bone of the patient and a second portion which is stably coupled by a gripping end thereof being inserted inside the first portion.
  • first portion which is capable of being fastened to a bone of the patient
  • second portion which is stably coupled by a gripping end thereof being inserted inside the first portion.
  • IT 1315359 has proposed an apparatus for replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee comprising a capsule which is provided with external threading which is suitable for being screwed into a portion of a tibial/femoral hole in order to fasten the apparatus itself to the femur and an appendage to which there is secured a replacement ligament, to which it is connected at the threaded capsule so as to be able to rotate freely relative thereto about the longitudinal axis of the capsule.
  • the problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a device for fastening tendons or ligaments which is structurally and functionally configured to overcome the limits set out above with reference to the cited prior art.
  • an object of the invention is to provide a device for fastening a replacement tendon or ligament which allows easier replacement of the replacement tendon or ligament with a new tendon or ligament without damaging the implant bone and/or without any need to have to produce a new implant hole or to enlarge the hole previously used.
  • Figures 1 to 4 show a fastening device which is generally designated 1 and which is suitable for fastening a replacement tendon or ligament, in particular a ligament for replacing an anterior cruciate ligament or posterior cruciate ligament, constructed in accordance with the present invention.
  • the fastening device 1 comprises a first device portion 2 which is capable of being fastened to a bone, in particular a femoral bone of a person, and a second device portion 3 which is stably coupled to the first device portion 2 and which is provided with an engagement appendage and which is, for example, in the form of an eyelet 4 in order to maintain the tension of a replacement tendon or ligament, which is not shown in the Figures.
  • the term "stably coupled” is intended to be understood to be connected so as to prevent disconnection between the two portions when they are in their normal condition of use, with the first portion fastened to a bone and the second portion fastened to the tendon or ligament.
  • the second device portion 3 is rotatably neutral with respect to the first device portion 2 so as to allow free mutual rotation between the first device portion 2 and the second device portion 3 about a longitudinal axis X of the fastening device 1, whilst the disconnection of the two portions 2 and 3 is prevented in the longitudinal direction X as a result of the traction of the tendon or ligament, as better explained below.
  • the fastening device 1 further comprises fixing means 6 of the first portion 2 and/or second portion 3 which are provided in order to make the first and second device portions 2, 3 mutually integral in terms of rotation about the longitudinal axis X, as better explained below.
  • the first device portion 2 comprises a capsule 7 which can be better seen in Figure 2a and which is externally provided with a thread 8 which is provided to be screwed to the bone of the patient and to allow fastening of the capsule 7, and therefore of the fastening device 1, to the bone itself.
  • the capsule 7 is internally provided with a through-hole 9 which extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis X of the fastening device 1 and which has a plurality of sections having mutually different cross-sections.
  • the eyelet 4 of the second device portion 3 is provided with a shank 11 which extends from the eyelet 4 towards the capsule 7 and which is capable of being at least partially accommodated in the through-hole 9 of the capsule 7, as can be seen in Figure 3 .
  • the shank 11 has a hexagonal outer cross-section and is internally provided with a threaded hole 12 which extends substantially along the longitudinal axis X coaxially with respect to the through-hole 9.
  • the shank 11 may have a non-hexagonal outer cross-section, for example, polygonal or elliptical.
  • the outer cross-section of the shank 11 is selected in such a manner that, once accommodated in the through-hole 9, the free mutual rotation between the shank 11 and the capsule 7 or between the first device portion 2 and the second device portion 3 is prevented, as better explained below.
  • the second device portion 3 further comprises a screw 13 which extends along the longitudinal axis X and which is provided with a head 14 and a threaded shank 15.
  • the screw 13 is capable of being at least partially received in the through-hole 9 of the capsule 7 and the threaded hole 12 of the shank 11, so as to be operationally interposed between the eyelet 4, to which the replacement tendon or ligament is secured, and the capsule 7.
  • the screw 13 is positioned in such a manner that the head 14 is slidingly accommodated inside the through-hole 9 of the capsule 7 and a shank portion 15a of the threaded shank 15 protrudes from the through-hole 9 and is at least partially screwed in the threaded hole 12 of the shank 11.
  • the screw 13 In the first operative position Z, the screw 13 is free to rotate in the through-hole 9 about the longitudinal axis X with respect to the capsule 7 whilst it is screwed to, and therefore fixed for rotation with, the eyelet 4 of the second device portion 3.
  • the through-hole 9 of the capsule 7 has a variable cross-section along the longitudinal axis X and successively comprises a first hole section 9a which has a hexagonal cross-section and which is provided at the end of the capsule 7 intended to be directed, during use, at the opposite end with respect to the second device portion 3.
  • the first hole section 9a is capable of receiving an insertion instrument such as the one shown, for example, in Figures 7 and 8 , in order to fasten the fastening device 1 to the bone of the patient.
  • the first hole section 9a may have a cross-section of a different shape, for example, polygonal, the first hole section 9a and the insertion instrument being mutually formed in such a manner that a portion of the insertion instrument, which will be described in greater detail below, becomes engaged therein in an anti-rotational manner, or that the capsule 7 is also caused to rotate by the above-mentioned instrument being rotated.
  • the through-hole 9 further comprises a second section 9b having a circular cross-section which is greater than the hexagonal cross-section of the first section 9a, at least circumscribing the hexagon defined by the cross-section of the first section 9a, so as to allow the free rotation of a shaped tip of the insertion instrument, as will be better explained below, as well as a third section 9c which is adjacent to the second section 9b and which has a circular cross-section having a diameter similar to that of the first section 9a.
  • the third section 9c forms a seat for accommodating the head 14 of the screw 13 that is shaped in such a manner that the screw 13 can rotate about the axis X in the above-mentioned seat without engaging with the capsule 7.
  • the through-hole 9 further comprises an abutment 9d, against which the head 14 of the screw 13 abuts in order to prevent it from projecting out of the through-hole 9.
  • the through-hole 9 further comprises a fourth section 9e which is provided at the end of the capsule 7 directed towards the second device portion 3 and which is intended to receive, in a second operative position W of the fastening device 1, at least partially the shank 11 of the eyelet 4.
  • the fourth section 9e terminates, at the side directed towards the third section 9c, in another abutment 9f which acts as a travel stop element for the shank 11 in the through-hole 9.
  • the fourth section 9e has a cross-section similar to that of the shank 11, in this preferred embodiment hexagonal, in such a manner as to form, in the above-mentioned second operative position W, an anti-rotation coupling between the eyelet 4 and the capsule 7, as better explained below.
  • the fourth section 9e and/or the shank 11 may have a cross-section of a different shape, for example, polygonal, the fourth section 9e and/or the shank 11 being mutually formed so as to form, in the above-mentioned second operative position W, an anti-rotation coupling between the eyelet 4 and the capsule 7.
  • the first device portion 2 and the second device portion 3 are free to rotate mutually about the longitudinal axis X and are capable of mutual axial translation, even though limited, along the above-mentioned longitudinal axis X, but with the condition of stable coupling being maintained, owing to the travel stop function of the abutments 9d and 9f.
  • the first device portion 2 and the second device portion 3 are capable of mutual translation, even though limited, along an axis which is transverse with respect to the longitudinal axis X, for example, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X.
  • the device 1 can further be moved from the first operative position Z to a second operative position W shown in Figure 3 , and vice versa.
  • the eyelet 4 of the second device portion 3 can be moved towards the capsule 7 so as to progressively introduce the shank 11 into the through-hole 9, in particular in the fourth section 9e thereof, until the free end 11a of the shank 11 is brought into abutment against the additional abutment 9f of the through-hole 9 which, as mentioned, acts as a travel stop element for the shank 11.
  • That movement brings about consequent translation of the screw 13 whose head 14 is urged away from the abutment 9d.
  • the outer cross-section of the shank 11 and the fourth section 9e are formed in such a manner that, in the second operative position W, the first device portion 2 and the second device portion 3 are fixed for rotation with each other about the longitudinal axis X. Therefore, the eyelet 4 being rotated also causes rotation of the capsule 7, and vice versa.
  • the shank 11 and the fourth section 9e act as fixing means and counter- fixing means 6 for the first device portion 2 and the second device portion 3 which co-operate in order to make them fixed for rotation with each other about the longitudinal axis X.
  • the screw 13 is inserted into the through-hole 9 at the side of the first section 9a, causing it to slide until the head 14 thereof moves into abutment with the abutment 9b.
  • the fastening device is composed of titanium, but other suitable materials may be used.
  • FIGS 5 and 6 show an alternative variant 100 of the fastening device of the invention, in which details corresponding to the variant of Figures 1 and 4 are indicated using the same reference numerals and are not described in detail.
  • the eyelet 4' is constituted by an annular element of practically ovoid form which is inserted into an opening 41 which is formed in the shank 11' at the side opposite the capsule 7.
  • the shank 11' has, in the version shown, a hexagonal outer cross-section but, in other embodiments, the shank 11' may be constructed with outer cross-sections having a different shape, for example, polygonal, which is formed so as to engage in an anti-rotational manner in the fourth hole section 9e and with an end for engagement with a suitable revision tool, as will be described in greater detail below.
  • the shank 11' is internally provided, as can be seen more clearly in Figure 12a , with a threaded hole 12' which is provided on the shank portion 11' which is intended to be directed towards the first device portion 2 and with another threaded hole 12" which is provided at the opposite end of the shank 11' and which is intended to receive a portion of a revision tool, as better explained below.
  • the eyelet 4' is preferably constructed from polymer material which is flexible but mechanically very strong, such as, for example, drawn polyolefin fibres or polyaramide, whilst the other portions of the device 100 may be constructed, for example, from titanium, as in the previously described version.
  • Figures 7 and 8 show an insertion instrument 20 which is provided to interact with the first portion 2 of the fastening device 1 in order to insert it into the desired bone seat.
  • the insertion instrument 20 comprises a handle 21 which can be grasped by an operator in order to manipulate the instrument 20 and a rod-like element 22 which is fastened to the handle 21 and which terminates at the opposite end with respect thereto in a tip 23, which can better be seen in Figure 8a , having a hexagonal outer cross-section which is formed so as to engage with the first section 9a of the through-hole 9 in order to cause the capsule 7 to rotate by the insertion instrument 20 itself being rotated.
  • the tip 23 may have a non-hexagonal outer cross-section, for example, polygonal or elliptical, which is formed so as to engage with the first section 9a of the through-hole 9 in order to rotate the capsule 7.
  • the handle 21 and the rod-like element 22 are internally hollow so that a bar-like element 24 which can be seen more clearly in Figure 7 can be accommodated therein.
  • the bar-like element 24 is provided at opposite ends with a grip 25 which is positioned externally in abutment with the handle 21 at the opposite end with respect to the rod-like element 22, and a shaped tip 26 which is positioned externally in abutment with the tip 23.
  • the shaped tip 26 has an outer surface which is substantially coincident with the outer surface of the tip 23.
  • the bar-like element 24 can rotate about the longitudinal axis X' of the instrument 20 inside the handle 21 and the rod-like element 22 as a result of a movement of the grip 25.
  • the grip 25 is intended to be rotated by the user in both directions of the arrow F in order consequently to rotate the shaped tip 26 so as to alternately bring it into alignment or out of alignment ( Figure 8a ) with the tip 23, as will be better explained below.
  • the cross-section volume of the tip 23 and the shaped tip 26 are substantially mutually coincident whilst, in the non-aligned position, some portions of the shaped tip 26 project out of the volume of the cross-section of the tip 23.
  • Figures 9 and 10 show a revision tool 30 which is provided to interact with the second portion 3 of the fastening device 1, in particular in the variant shown in Figures 1 - 4 , if it becomes necessary, for example, for a subsequent tear of the replacement tendon or ligament, to remove the fastening device 1 in order to replace the damaged tendon or ligament.
  • the revision tool 30 comprises a handle portion 31 which can be grasped by an operator in order to manipulate the tool 30 and a rod-shaped body 32 which is fixed to the handle portion 31 which is provided with an internal cavity 42, in which there is slidingly inserted a rod 33 which is provided with a gripping end 34, which can be seen more clearly in Figures 9a and 10a .
  • the gripping end 34 comprises a pair of gripping arms 36a and 36b which are articulated to the bar 33 and which can be moved away from each other ( Figure 9a ) so that an engagement cavity remains defined between the two gripping arms 36a and 36b in order to insert, for example, the eyelet 4 of the second portion 3 of the fastening device 1, and moved together ( Figure 10a ) in order to grip the eyelet 4 between the two gripping arms 36a and 36b.
  • Each of the facing surfaces of the two gripping arms 36a and 36b is provided with a respective protrusion 37 which is intended to move into abutment, in the moved-together position of the two gripping arms 36a, 36b, with the protrusion 37 of the opposite gripping arm so as to improve the gripping of the eyelet 4.
  • the revision tool 30 further comprises a washer 35 which can be positioned externally in abutment against the handle portion 31 which is at the opposite end with respect to the rod-shaped body 32 and which is intended to be rotated, by the user, in both directions of the arrow F1 in Figure 9 and Figure 10 in order to vary the screwing of the bar 33 in the washer 35 and, therefore, in order to generate relative movement between the bar 33 and the rod-shaped body 32 substantially along the longitudinal axis X' of the tool 30, as indicated by the arrow F2.
  • the revision tool 30 moves between a retracted position Y1, which is shown in Figure 10 and Figure 10a and in which the bar 33 is positioned almost completely inside the rod-shaped body 32, and an extended position Y2, which is shown in Figure 9 and Figure 9a and in which the gripping arms 36a and 36b of the gripping end 34 are positioned externally with respect to the rod-shaped body 32, and vice versa.
  • the two gripping arms 36a and 36b are moved apart from each other so that, for example, a portion of the eyelet 4 can be freely inserted in the engagement cavity which is defined therebetween.
  • the two gripping arms 36a and 36b are moved together, the two protrusions 37 are in abutment against each other so as to grip the eyelet 4: by the washer 35 being rotated so as to move the rod-shaped body 32 and the bar 33 relative to each other in order to bring the revision tool 30 into a retracted position Y1, the walls of the rod-shaped body 32 apply a pressure to the two gripping arms 36a and 36b which tends to progressively move together the two gripping arms 36a and 36b until they have been moved into the above-mentioned position moved together.
  • the eyelet 4 is progressively gripped between the two gripping arms 36a and 36b and the arms, when they are in the moved-together position, grip the eyelet 4 which can therefore be moved in translation and/or rotation with respect to the axis X or, in general, along the axis along which a given mutual translation is permitted between the first device portion 2 and the second device portion 3 by means of the revision tool 30.
  • Figures 11 and 12 show a construction variant 30' of the revision tool which is suitable for being used with the variant of the second device portion 3 shown in Figures 5 and 6 .
  • the details corresponding to the variant of Figures 9 and 10 are indicated with the same reference numerals and are not described in detail.
  • the cavity 42' which is defined by the rod-shaped body 32' comprises, at the opposite end with respect to the handle portion 31', a terminal portion 421 which has an enlarged cross-section and which is formed so as to receive with anti-rotation coupling the shank 11' of the second device portion 3, as will be explained more clearly below, in order to engage the revision tool 30' and the second device portion 3 with each other.
  • the sliding bar 33' is provided with a threaded end 34 which can be seen more clearly in Figure 12a and which is intended to be screwed, with the washer 35' being acted upon, into the additional threaded hole 12" of the shank 11' in order to improve the mutual engagement between the revision tool 30' and the second device portion 3.
  • a tibial/femoral hole is first formed, the insertion instrument 20 is inserted at the femur side, with the tip 23 and the shaped tip 26 in mutual alignment, through the tibial/femoral hole until engagement with the fastening device 1 which is provided at the tibia side.
  • the tip 23 of the insertion instrument 20 is inserted into the through-hole 9 of the capsule 7 until the shaped tip 26 is moved into abutment against the head 14 of the screw 13. In that manner, the shaped tip 26 is accommodated in correspondence with the second section 9b and the tip 23 is accommodated in the first section 9a of the through-hole 9.
  • the handle 25 is rotated through a suitable angle in order to misalign the shaped tip 26 with respect to the tip 23 and, therefore, with respect to the first section 9a so that some portions of the shaped tip 26 protrude from the volume of the cross-section of the tip 23, preventing the shaped tip 26 from being able to be introduced into the first section 9a.
  • the shaped tip 26 is locked inside the second section 9b, preventing the possibility that the insertion instrument 20 can be withdrawn from the through-hole 9.
  • the device 1 assembled as described above is dragged by means of the insertion instrument 20 through the above-mentioned tibial/femoral hole as far as the height of the femur, where, by acting on the handle 21 in order to rotate the instrument 20, the capsule 7 is screwed to the spongy portion of the femur of the patient.
  • the ligament is locked in the tibial/femoral hole by means of suitable fastening means, such as, for example, a screw which extends substantially along the longitudinal axis of the hole and which locks the ligament by interference.
  • suitable fastening means such as, for example, a screw which extends substantially along the longitudinal axis of the hole and which locks the ligament by interference.
  • the adjustment of the tension of the ligament is brought about by varying the screwing of the capsule 7 to the bone, preventing occurrences of torsion of the replacement ligament by means of the freely rotational connection between the first device portion 2 and the second device portion 3.
  • the surgeon makes provision for reopening the hole at the tibial side in order to access the fastening device 1.
  • the revision tool 30 is inserted into the above-mentioned hole with the gripping arms 36a and 36b in the extended position Y2 and is moved until the gripping arms 36a and 36b are moved into correspondence with the eyelet 4.
  • the washer 35 is screwed by moving the bar 33 and the rod-shaped body 32 relative to each other in order to progressively move the tool into the retracted position Y1 and thereby progressively gripping the eyelet 4 between the gripping arms 36a and 36b.
  • the surgeon makes provision, by means of the revision tool 30, for urging the second device portion 3 towards the first device portion 2 along the longitudinal axis X of the fastening device 1 by inserting the shank 11 in the fourth hole section 9e or in the portion of the through-hole 9 defining the anti-rotation accommodating cavity for the shank 11 of the second device portion 3, so as to cause the first device portion 2 and the second device portion 3 to be fixed for rotation with each other.
  • the capsule 7 is unscrewed from the femur in order to be able to withdraw the fastening device 1 from the tibial/femoral hole.
  • the fastening device 100 is stably engaged in the revision tool 30'.
  • the present invention solves the problem set out above with reference to the cited prior art, at the same time affording a large number of other advantages, including easy replacement of the replaced tendon or ligament with a new tendon or ligament without damaging the implant bone and/or without any need for having to produce a new implant hole and for enlarging the previously used hole.
  • the device of the invention prevents a large number of inconveniences for the patient, damage to the bone involved by the implant and, furthermore, optimum engagement of the new replacement apparatus is also ensured.

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